Garter.



H. E.' PEN GARTER.

APPLICATKON FILED SEPT. 16, 1914.

Paene Feb. 8, 1916.

Aimmevs,

inventor l UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.

HOLMES El'lEtJVlI'4 PENN, 0F MADISON, NRTI- CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR TO PENN BRGS.

SUSPENDER COMPANY, INC., OF MADISON, NORTH CAROLINA.

GARTER.

Specification ot Letters Patent.

Patented Feb., 1916..

To all whom z' 'may concern Be it known that I, HOLMES EinviNPENN, a citizen of the United States, residing at i Madison, in the county of Rockingham and drawing, wherein State ot North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Garter, of which the following' is a specification.

The present invention appertains to gai'- ters or hose supporters, and aims to provide novel and improved means for attaching the ends of the elastic to the pad, whereby the tension of the elastic or band may be adj Listed without the necessity of adjusting the take-up slide of the elastic, and whereby the elastic may be readily detached from the pad and substituted by a new one when the old one becomes worn or dead,

It is also within the scope of the present invention to provide unique means for attaching the ends'of the elastic or band to' the pad, which means will be simpleand inerpensive, aswell as being convenient, practical, serviceable and efficient/in use;

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which ywill appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combi- "nation and arrangementof parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment oi' the invention herein disclosed,'can be inade within the scope of what is claimed, without de parting from the spirit of the invention.

' The invention has been illustrated in its preferred embodiment in the laecomlmnving `Figure l is a perspective view et' the garter or hose supporter. Figs. 2 and are enlarged sectional views taken on the lines 2-2 and 3-3, respectively, of Fig'. l.

In carrying out the present invention, there is provided a pad l, of approximate triangular contour, and which embodies -an outer ply or facing 2 of leather or other similar material, and an inner ply or lining 3 for protecting the metallic parts from contact with the liesh, and to i'orni a cushion adapted to fit snugly against tlielimb. The en'd portions 4: and 5 of the pad l are in the form of' tapered tongues or flaps, having square ends, and an ordinary hose fastener or clasp 6 is attached to the lower apical portion 7 of the pad l to depend therefrom.

The elastic or band 8 ceperates'with the pad l for embracing the limb, the salient feavthe manner in which the ends of the elastic 8 are attached to the pad l. One end of the. elastic 8 is engaged through a fiat elongated loop 9 and sewed upon itself yto attach the loop 9 thereto, and the outer er exposed edge of the said. loop 9 is provided with a hook lO proiecting therefrom and having its bill ll relatively long and bent on a compound curve to snap through an eyelet l2 clenched through the leather facing/2 ofthe padl adjacent the free end of the tongue or flap 5 of the p'ad. rPhe peculiar bill ll of the hook l0 prevents the hook l0 from being accin dentally snapped outlof engagement with the eyelet 12, although the hook 10 may be readily snapped into'and out of engagement with the eyelet l2, by properly manipulating the parts, in order that the corresponding ends of the elastic and pad may be attached and detached whenever desired, such as for the purpose of s upplanting an old or dead elastic by a new one. The other` end of the elastic S is bent back to provide a loop 13, the said end ot the elastic being attached to a take-up slide 1l adjustable upon the body portion of the elastic, for enabling the elastic to be adjusted to any particular size desired, as usual. An elongated flat loop l5 is engaged to the loop 13 of the elastic, and the outer edge or bar'of the loop 15 is provided with a hook 16 projecting therefrom interi'nediate the ends oi' the loop l5, and the bill 17 of the hook 1G extends through approximately three fourths of a complete circle, and is relatively sliortas compared with the bill ll of the hook l0, so that the bill 17 ol the hook 1G may be readily engaged to and disengaged from the eyelets 18, lll and 20 which are clenched through the leather facing 2 or the pad l. The eve let ltl is arranged at the free end of the tongue or llap l of the pad l, while the eyelet :30 is arranged at the center of the pad l, and the. eyelet l) is disposedl intermediate and in the line extending" through the eyeletslS and Q0. The series of eyelets 18, 19 and 20 thus extend vfrom the free end of the tongue or flap Ll to the Central portion of the pad l, and are suitably spaced apart for the purposes. A

ln the use of a garter or hose supporter of the nature herein disclosed, there are three lines of lorces, namely, one extending Ver tically between the fastener or clasp fl and the central portion of the pad 1, one extending between the central portion of the pad 1 and the end or tongue 4 of the pad 1 along the series of eyelets 18, 19 and 20, and one extending between the central portion of the pad 1 and the end or tongue'of the pad 1 l having the eyelet 12, the last two mentioned f first engaged through the eyelet 12, and

lines of forces extending between the ends of the elastic 8 and the central portion of' the pad, as will be apparent. Thus the lines of forces meet at the central eyelet 20,

whereby the equilibrium of the pad 1 will` from the fastener or clasp 6 will be properly balanced or counteracted by the lines of forces extending vfrom the ends of the elasi tic to the central portion of the pad, notwithstanding the lengagement of the hook 16 with any ofthe eyelets 18, 19 and 20, and whereby the pad will be held against shifting out of its place in use, as would be objectionable.

The hook 10 at one end of the elastic `8 is the bill 11 of the said hook will so engage through the eyelet 12 and between the plies of the pad. l, as to prevent the accidental detachment of the hook 10 during the ordi nary usage ofthe garterA or hose supporter.

Several sets of elastics may be soldwith each pair of pads, for the successive application ofthe pairs of elastics to the pads as the elastics become worn out or dead,

With the present device, it is not necessary to adjust .the take-up slide 111 of the elastic 8, whenever the tension of the elastic be comes incre or less than the wearer desires, since after the'talre-up slide 1.4L. has been adjusted tothe proper size desired, the hook 16 in engaging the eyelet 18 will e able the elastic and pad to comfortably em race the limb. 'lfhe wearer may at any time engage he hoolr 16 with the successive eyelets 19 and E20 for increasing the tension of the elastic should the same become lslightly stretched after continued (use. Thus,by engaging thel hook 16 with the several eyelets 18, 19 and 20, the tension of ,the elasticS may be regulated as desired by the welror,

and without the necessity of continually ldjusting the take-up slide 14 of the elastic, which is not only laborsome, but which all) tends to wear out the elastic more quickly. It is therefore only necessary to adjust the take-up slide 14, whenever the size of the elastic or band 8 is to be regulated. The bill 17 of the hook 16 is readily engageable with and disengageable from the eyelets 18, 19

and 20 in order that the corresponding ends` elastic to swing slightly relative to the pad for enabling`the garter to readily accommodate itself to the limb.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is A garter of the type described embodying an approximately trlangular pad having e clasp depending from its lower'apicel portion, and having a series of eyelets between the center of the pad and one end thereof, andl an elastic having one end attached to the other end of the pad and having a hook at 'its other end engageable through Seid eyelets, said series of eyelets being arranged in the line of strain between the'pad and that end of the elastic having the hook, so that there is no tendency to destroy the equilibrium 'of the padfwhen the hook is engaged through any of said eyelets.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I 'have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HOLMES ERWIN PENN.

Witnesses:

M. P. BLACK, i WADE H. GREELEY. 

